Results and Rewards | Galatians 3:1–14
Reward throughout the OT is primarily understood as a payment, wage, restitution, or recompense. Typically, the rewards given (נתן, natân) are appropriate responses to certain actions or attitudes. At times, these rewards can be seen as swift, appropriate judgment for corrupt dealings or idolatry (e.g., God judges the people of Israel due to their refusal to repent and inability to deal justly; Isa 59:18). At other times, the reward is rich blessings given due to the obedience of an individual or a people
In the NT, the word μισθός (misthos) is chiefly used to describe the concept of reward. Rewards in the NT are mostly seen as earnings or wages, but they can also be portrayed as fruit being granted to individuals. As in the OT, rewards can be dealt out by earthly men (Luke 3:14; Rom 13:7) or by a divine hand.
(šillam). vb. reward, repay, recompense, restitution. The verb appears in the Piel stem (intensive) to convey an appropriate reward or retribution for a certain type of action.
שָׂכָר (śākār). n. masc. reward, pay, wage. This noun indicates a response to obedience, divine blessing, or services rendered.
(pĕrî). n. masc. fruit, offspring, descendants, reward. Fruit (literal and metaphorical) is often seen as the outcome of a particular action or as a result of divine favor.
Blessing
Blessing pertains to favorable situations, conditions, and experiences enjoyed by the person or persons to whom the blessings belong. It can either refer to pronouncements intended to bring about these beneficial circumstances, or to the resulting circumstances themselves.
The Hebrew verb most often associated with the concept of blessing is בָּרַךְ (bārak, “to bless”)
It is used most often to refer to God blessing a person or a thing,
The related noun בְּרָכָה (bĕrākâ, “blessing”) denotes both a pronouncement meant to achieve benefit for the recipient and such positive circumstances, whether or not they result directly from a pronouncement of blessing.
The verb אָשַׁר (ʾāšar, “to call blessed”) and its corresponding noun אַשְׁרֵי (ʾašrê, “blessed is”) convey happiness experienced by a person being treated favorably, or blessed.
In the NT there are two groups of terms that primarily contribute to the biblical concept of blessing.
The verb εὐλογέω (eulogeō, “to bless”) refers generally to the act of speaking to effect favorable circumstances for someone or something, and the related noun εὐλογία (eulogia, “blessing”) denotes the advantageous situation resulting from God’s favorable actions toward someone.
Greek μακαρίζω (makarizō, “to call blessed”) and the related adjective μακάριος (makarios, “blessed”)